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Mark Bergin | Deborah Jacobs is no ordinary librarian, and her Seattle masterpiece is no ordinary library

John Dawson | Dallas mayor criminalizes homelessness and those who try to serve the homeless

Jamie Dean | Beneath the financial frenzy that is Charlotte, urban revitalization remains long,

Mindy Belz | Daniel Libeskind has had one of the hardest jobs in America.

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